Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Burl” in the USA?

Number of people named “Burl” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Burl” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Burl” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Burl” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Burl” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Burl” by birth year

This chart shows how “Burl” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 14 0.000069484 14 -100%
1881 11 0.000057087 11 -100%
1882 18 0.000081252 18 -100%
1883 11 0.000050704 11 -100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 -100%
1885 17 0.000070582 17 -100%
1886 21 0.000082251 21 -100%
1887 19 0.000076801 19 -100%
1888 20 0.000066784 20 -100%
1889 12 0.00004153 12 -100%
1890 12 0.000039814 12 -100%
1891 20 0.000069766 20 -100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 -100%
1893 12 0.000036898 12 -100%
1894 12 0.000035431 12 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1896 15 0.00004196 15 -100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 -100%
1898 12 0.000031458 12 -100%
1899 13 0.000038322 13 -100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 -100%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 -100%
1902 9 0.000023272 9 -100%
1903 21 0.000055089 21 -100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 -100%
1905 21 0.000049537 21 -100%
1906 16 0.000037344 16 -100%
1907 21 0.000045123 21 -100%
1908 21 0.000042976 21 -100%
1909 29 0.000056727 29 -100%
1910 37 0.000062636 37 -100%
1911 28 0.00004346 28 -100%
1912 66 0.000066797 66 -100%
1913 86 0.00007563 86 -100%
1914 92 0.000064956 92 -100%
1915 130 0.000070944 130 -100%
1916 150 0.000077543 150 -100%
1917 130 0.000064781 130 -100%
1918 140 0.000064483 140 -100%
1919 130 0.000061604 130 -100%
1920 174 0.000076901 174 -100%
1921 211 0.000090383 211 -100%
1922 190 0.000083 190 -100%
1923 157 0.000068187 157 -100%
1924 159 0.000066762 5 154 -94%
1925 150 0.000064287 150 -100%
1926 152 0.000066205 152 -100%
1927 163 0.000070278 163 -100%
1928 178 0.000078728 8 170 -91%
1929 141 0.00006432 6 135 -91%
1930 134 0.000060271 134 -100%
1931 156 0.000074131 156 -100%
1932 144 0.000068205 144 -100%
1933 113 0.000056516 113 -100%
1934 120 0.000057781 120 -100%
1935 137 0.000065553 137 -100%
1936 127 0.000061129 127 -100%
1937 127 0.000059606 127 -100%
1938 110 0.000049716 110 -100%
1939 124 0.000056276 124 -100%
1940 113 0.000049073 113 -100%
1941 100 0.000041044 100 -100%
1942 120 0.000043927 120 -100%
1943 109 0.000038617 109 -100%
1944 86 0.000031969 86 -100%
1945 84 0.000031663 84 -100%
1946 102 0.000031922 102 -100%
1947 106 0.000029425 106 -100%
1948 93 0.000026937 93 -100%
1949 81 0.000023244 81 -100%
1950 99 0.000028259 99 -100%
1951 95 0.000025789 95 -100%
1952 83 0.000021854 83 -100%
1953 90 0.000023355 90 -100%
1954 86 0.000021604 86 -100%
1955 96 0.00002391 96 -100%
1956 80 0.000019403 80 -100%
1957 71 0.000016896 71 -100%
1958 67 0.000016207 67 -100%
1959 65 0.000015633 65 -100%
1960 59 0.000014204 59 -100%
1961 52 0.000012553 52 -100%
1962 45 0.000011151 45 -100%
1963 47 0.000011874 47 -100%
1964 48 0.000012347 48 -100%
1965 45 0.000012412 45 -100%
1966 34 0.000009782 34 -100%
1967 39 0.000011488 39 -100%
1968 43 0.000012728 43 -100%
1969 40 0.00001151 40 -100%
1970 36 0.000009982 36 -100%
1971 32 0.000009323 32 -100%
1972 31 0.000009863 31 -100%
1973 30 0.000009944 30 -100%
1974 30 0.000009868 30 -100%
1975 21 0.000006955 21 -100%
1976 20 0.000006591 20 -100%
1977 22 0.000006926 22 -100%
1978 24 0.000007562 24 -100%
1979 19 0.000005711 19 -100%
1980 27 0.000007839 27 -100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 -100%
1982 18 0.000005131 18 -100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 -100%
1984 19 0.000005446 19 -100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 -100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 -100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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